Hey everyone, I have a splash page the when clicked loads an extrenal HTML page with some flash in it. THe page loads fine with the code I have, but since there are a top and bottom frame in the page, I cannot get rid of the scrollbars or make adjustments with the code in the flash file. I think t...more >>

I had imported several QT movies into several Flash movies i was working on and Flash reported that it needed more memory and I could adjust it in the Get Info memory panel. Then Flash crashed. I didn't think that allotting memory for apps was possible in OS X only OS 9 and earlier. I attempted to a...more >>

The text of the action script in the movie explorer along with the text of the headings "View" & "Colors" in the Tools panel (in the main window) in FlashMX is difficult to read. It appears as a tiny font which is pixellated. Is their any way to change this font/size in flash ? I tried "Edit/Pr...more >>

for ESL there should be other language forum where is that forum? can you show me the link thx you for help ...more >>

I was building site the other day and went to add a scrollbar to a text field, and it wasn't in the components window.....where did it go? probably one of the most used components, and it is gone? I can't accept that MM would remove such an inportant tool. Not that I could use it anyway, because...more >>

i have set everything before i published, but my html settings does not allow me to center. therefore when looking at the site its set to the left. how can i fix this problem????? http://www.supergreenturf.com Referring URLs www.supergreenturf.com ...more >>

When I'm trying to do a loadmovie in a current movie it seems I can only load into the current level or a level above it. Anyone know how to load into a level below the current movie. I would like to have a main menu stay on top and when I click different catagories the movies will load behind the m...more >>

Hi everyone, I must be missing something somewhere, but I swear I've looked everywhere. Is there anyway to open a Flash MX fla in Flash MX 2004 Pro? All I get is "unexpected file format". I won't believe it if I can't open an older fla in MX 2004. Thanks for any tips. D ...more >>

I am sorry to be so blunt, but what is happening? I have never seen a Macromedia product that is so screwed up? I have never seen a confirmed bug in a Macromedia product, until now. And now I see them in my sleep! I have never seen a product with guide lines that are not straight! I see that in...more >>

Hi there. I am trying to make a swf that with contain a scroller and all the news... Every news have a title, an image, a content and a link... I needed to use tables to format the data so i would be apearing aligned! But i dont know how to make this...The data is loaded from xml! Anyone h...more >>

Every time open Flash MX on my PC and view the rulers, the center point for the stage is always at the top left hand corner. So, if I try to align text, say horizontally or vertically, instead of centering in the middle of the stage, it centers along the top left hand corner. Q. How can I set a defa...more >>

Hi Recently I have been tasked to develop a web site from someone elses design. Basically i have a section where there is some text and two the right of it two arrows which should be used to scroll the text up and down. I have no idea as to go about doing this so any help is greatly appreciated....more >>

Hi, I would like to include a basic paint application on my web-site, so that visitors can draw something and their drawings can be saved on the site. 1) Do you know if there are some existing Flash components for basic drawings (same functionality as MS Paint)? 2) Do you know if it is po...more >>

I have recently been using Player 7 functions, but keep getting complaints from users about being prompted to reboot. To try and fix this, I do a Flash version detect on the index (as per default), but on the _alternate page I prompt them to close all other windows and hit a link. When they do,...more >>

I have been working with Screens/Slides/Forms for a while now, and LOVE it - no better way to pound out site navigation with minimum effort! Nice new feature. I just had a very strange thing happen, where the root level "presentation" slide always appears on top of it's children slides. I have ...more >>

I'm having a very odd problem where some of my buttons work and some don't. Meaning that all of them are supposed to be dim when the cursor isnt over them, and yet only some of them are like this. Look: http://www.bellaire.org/fed/fedchal2.html Click on the lower right fast forward button, and...more >>

Let hope I get some joy on this fourm. I have mailed Macromedia's Tech Support, a week later I have still not recieved a reply! I purchased Macromedia Studio MX shortly before MX 2004 was released, I then was given a free upgrade to MX 2004. I download it from Macromedia's site, install it, regis...more >>

Hello, I have a main stage MC that opens external movie clips with the LoadMovie function. I would like to add a "stop all sound" button that will stop ALL sound from any MC that will be loaded. is there a possibility to this? I am using MX. thanks Mic...more >>

Hi, I was able to write the attached code to successfully load a .m3u (Window Media Playlist) file and play selected MP3s. My application is able to access the data in the file, however, when Flash formats the file in the output window, it is apparent that there are some wierd concatenations goi...more >>

Im loading SWF'S into different levels, on a button press How can I control the main timeline at level0 IE .root from any SWF loaded into a level. I want to tell the movie to go to a different frame in the root movie AND go to a different SCENE in the root movie sincerely Chris ...more >>

if any 1 has the serial number for it email it to sliknik_1@connectbox.com ...more >>

Hi, I think this is simple, just too complicated for me :) I have a .swf which loads another movie into a black movie clip. And that works fine. Now I want to have a button in that loaded movie replace itself(the movie) with another movie of the same size. Basically it's a slide show set i...more >>

Hi , is there any way we can make an mp3 player? i know its not simple 2 say , so if any 1 got any site that contains some info about this plz inform me, and plz i need info about how 2 play a sound by a click and how to stop( 1 sound not the stopAllSounds() command), and can the <html> code "<in...more >>

I remember there were in Flash version 4. Where do I download latest ones for Flash MX ? ...more >>

Previously on macromedia.flash, I wrote: > I would like for a movie clip to play and when it ends for the movie to > advance to a labeled frame and start the fade-in of a text block. Jack responded: >on the last frame of your movieclip add, >stop(); >_parent.gotoAndStop("label"); >// ...more >>

I have a Flash movie which has a 1 pixel hairline frame. I have inserted it in a table (in Dreamweaver) but when the page is viewed the hairline is only visible along the top and left side of the movie. I have tried playing with all the settings I can think of but to no avail. Any ideas? ...more >>

Hello I have the problem with screen forms. I cant't change visibility of form, It doesn't work. Everything is visible, it doesn't metter if I change visible property through the Inspector panel or with the actionscript. What is wrong with it ?? Is it a bug ?? my presentation: kata...more >>

Hi everyone my name is Osem Iv only been working with flash for about a year now, and iv learnt soo many new and amazing things with this amazing software application, but when i visit some of the professional websites that are made with flash, i realize how much more i need to learn about flash,...more >>

Can anyone tell me a site to maybe get a BEGGINERS guide to flash MX, I literally know slim and nothing about how to use flash mx to make movies games and websites, if i can get down the basics i can expand from there, anyone know a good site? Remember, i know nothing as of now ...more >>

I downloaded a trial version of Flash MX2004 Pro and did a flash intro for my website. I later purchased Studio MX which has Flash MX in it. It will not let me open the flash documents from MX2004 Pro to edit; I get an error message saying "unexpected file format". Do I have to purchase MX2004 Pr...more >>

Hey everyone, Can someone show me how to make this simple tween into an AS. I know how to make objects move, but not in this manner. Its a simple tween, but I just need a little help. THanks http://webforums.macromedia.com/attachments/blah.zip ...more >>

I've just gone through the online installation process for Flash Player ver 7, and the screen tells me the installation is complete. When I click on a file with a .swf extension I still invoke ver 5. I know I need to associate the new player with the swf extension, but since nothing in the install...more >>

My computer doesn't support MX2004, and i'd like to know if someone could tell me where in this site i could download an earlier version of Flash ...more >>

Hi. I have a movie clip (square) that moves from the top of the page to the bottom of the page, then another one (a ball) bouncing all over the place. I have it so when they hit, the ball bounces off depending on which part of the square it hits (top, bottom, left, right). The problem is, the way i...more >>

Hello all, I am about ready to deploy a flash site, and I would like to test the plug-in detection functionality of my page. This is probably a dumb quesiton, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to uninstall the flash plug-in from I.E.? Are older versions of the flash player avail...more >>